# Sdk on The No Agenda Show

Sdk comes up in 4 chapters across 4 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from June 2017 to January 2025.

- **Chapters:** 4
- **Episodes:** 4
- **Discussed:** June 2017 – January 2025
- **Related topics:** [Privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/privacy.md), [Data Tracking](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/data-tracking.md), [Android](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/android.md), [Google](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google.md), [Ibm Watson](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ibm-watson.md), [Microphones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/microphones.md), [Robot Calls](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/robot-calls.md), [Smartphones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/smartphones.md)

## Chapters 1–4 of 4

### Firebase SDK and App Tracking Privacy

- **Episode:** [1730: Pam Bondage](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1730-pam-bondage.md)
- **Published:** 2025-01-16
- **Time:** 1:00:04–1:02:31
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1730-pam-bondage/chapter/firebase-sdk-and-app-tracking-privacy.md

The Firebase SDK, a tool controlled by Google, is used by nearly every mobile application to track user interactions, including taps and swipes. While marketed as a performance monitoring tool, it functions as a pervasive spying mechanism across the app ecosystem. TikTok's internal shop remains inaccessible via standard web browsers to force users into this tracked app environment.

Keywords: firebase, [google](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google.md), [sdk](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/sdk.md), [data tracking](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/data-tracking.md), [privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/privacy.md)

### Cox Media Group, Active Listening Technology, Targeted Advertising

- **Episode:** [1694: Gorgeous](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1694-gorgeous.md)
- **Published:** 2024-09-12
- **Time:** 1:48:48–1:53:25
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1694-gorgeous/chapter/cox-media-group-active-listening-technology-targeted-advertising.md

A leaked pitch deck from Cox Media Group (CMG) confirms the existence of "Active Listening" technology used to target advertisements based on ambient conversations. The technology utilizes smartphone microphones to capture voice data about consumer plans, such as home remodeling or vehicle purchases. While often dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the deck advocates for the power of voice data in modern marketing.

Keywords: cox media group, active listening, [smartphones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/smartphones.md), [microphones](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/microphones.md), [sdk](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/sdk.md), [privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/privacy.md)

### Facebook SDK Tracking in Third-Party Mobile Apps

- **Episode:** [1100: Flash Meetup!](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1100-flash-meetup.md)
- **Published:** 2019-01-04
- **Time:** 53:28–57:06
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1100-flash-meetup/chapter/facebook-sdk-tracking-in-third-party-mobile-apps.md

The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) presented research showing that over 61% of tested Android apps automatically transfer data to Facebook the moment they are opened. This tracking occurs via the Facebook SDK even if the user does not have a Facebook account. Apps mentioned include Kayak, which reportedly sends entire search queries to Facebook.

Keywords: facebook sdk, [data tracking](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/data-tracking.md), [privacy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/privacy.md), [android](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/android.md), kayak, ccc

### Robot Calls, Uncanny Valley and IBM Watson

- **Episode:** [937: Stump the Algo](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/937-stump-the-algo.md)
- **Published:** 2017-06-11
- **Time:** 2:44:28–2:48:16
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/937-stump-the-algo/chapter/robot-calls-uncanny-valley-and-ibm-watson.md

Telemarketing robot calls are becoming more sophisticated, now using "boiler room" background noise to simulate a real office environment. The discussion touches on the "Uncanny Valley" effect and the difficulty of integrating IBM's Watson AI into practical business applications despite heavy marketing.

Keywords: [robot calls](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/robot-calls.md), uncanny valley, [ibm watson](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ibm-watson.md), [sdk](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/sdk.md), boiler room sound effects

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